Fixed-fee interactive residential planning
Home & Remodel Planning
Turn a remodel, addition, custom-home, or related residential idea into a coordinated direction that can be reviewed in meetings, understood by the project team, and developed into the plan documents included in your proposal. We work from Lakeway with clients in Austin, Houston, across Texas, and remotely when a virtual process fits.
A practical fit for decision-heavy residential projects
Good fit: Homeowners planning a remodel, addition, custom home, or related residential project who need to organize goals, existing conditions, room relationships, exterior direction, and project-team decisions before work moves forward.
What to send
- Project address, project type, and the areas being changed.
- Available surveys, existing plans, measurements, photos, and builder information.
- Inspiration, priorities, known constraints, and decisions you want help comparing.
- Jurisdiction or consultant information already identified for the project.
What we establish first
- Project fit, current starting point, and information gaps.
- Agreed deliverables, meeting count, revision process, and exclusions.
- Whether the work is planning-only or includes qualifying permit-plan development.
- A fixed design fee and the fixed rate for meetings beyond the contracted quantity.
Typical plan and visualization deliverables
Your proposal identifies the drawings and visual studies needed for the address, scope, and project stage. A residential plan set may include:
Planning and plan sheets
- Existing-condition and demolition plans.
- Proposed floor plans and room relationships.
- Exterior elevations and selected construction details.
- Electrical layouts and door, window, or finish schedules when included.
Decision-focused details
- Cabinet elevations, tile elevations, or built-in details when included.
- Live camera views placed in any modeled space during interactive meetings.
- Fixed renders for decision-rich areas—commonly kitchens, bathrooms, and exteriors—when the project reaches that stage.
- Revised plans after each contracted design meeting.
Render quantities follow the space and decisions involved. A compact hall bathroom may need only one or two fixed views, a kitchen may need several angles, and a simple room may not need a fixed render. The proposal names the fixed render areas and outputs; live meeting cameras can still be moved through the model as useful.
How the fixed-fee planning process works
Review the starting point
We review the property, goals, available files, known constraints, and information still needed.
Confirm the agreement
The proposal defines the fixed design fee, deliverables, included meetings, fixed extra-meeting rate, and separately coordinated work.
Design interactively
Meetings are used to compare layouts, details, and model views. Revised plans follow each contracted meeting, with renders issued when appropriate to the stage.
Receive the agreed handoff
You receive the plan sheets, renders, schedules, or next-step coordination included in the scope.
See the full interactive residential design process and how project estimates and scope are prepared.
Timing depends on the project—not a universal promise
Typical range
A limited planning scope may take about two weeks. A complex home, addition, or remodel with multiple decisions and meetings can span several months and, in some cases, roughly six months.
What affects the schedule
Scope, starting information, project complexity, meeting cadence, revision decisions, workload, consultant coordination, and jurisdictional requirements all affect timing. The proposal states the expected starting schedule for the specific project.
Not included unless the proposal says otherwise
Construction management, contractor pricing, structural engineering, surveying, civil or floodplain work, energy documentation, trade designs, sealed professional documents, product-availability verification, and permit approval are not implied by this service.
Examples of residential plan deliverables
These owner-approved examples show common drawing types. Every project receives only the sheets identified for its scope.
For decision examples, browse the project render gallery, kitchen planning guide, and bathroom planning guide.
Professional credential and project scope
Aaron Lytal is a Certified Professional Building Designer (CPBD) through the National Council of Building Designer Certification (NCBDC). For qualifying residential projects—typically single-family and two-family homes, additions, remodels, and related accessory structures—3D Home Designs can prepare residential building-design and permit-plan documents for jurisdictional review. Requirements vary by address and scope. Structural engineering, surveying, civil or floodplain work, energy documentation, trade designs, and architect- or engineer-sealed documents are coordinated separately when required. The reviewing jurisdiction determines completeness and permit approval.
Share your residential project starting point
Send the project location, type, current stage, available files, and the decisions you need help organizing. We will review the information and reply with practical next steps.
Planning articles for homes, additions, and individual spaces
These articles show how site conditions, circulation, storage, and long-term fit affect the planning conversation.